Repeat-induced gene silencing of L1 transgenes is correlated with differential promoter methylation

Gene

Volumn 456, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 15-23

  Rosser, James M ^a   An, Wenfeng ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copy number; DNA methylation; LINE 1; Retrotransposon; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; LOXP SITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROPOSON; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RETROELEMENTS; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 77951090956     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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